Yeah, I think I'm okay with someone at the end of their rope and who may not have the wherewithal to talk with a stranger at that particular moment to have the option to send a text, e-mail, telegram, or farking smoke signal for some help if it's got a chance to save their life.

I can't wait for this to go green. It'll be nice to see FARK's armchair psychiatry brigade come in here with their perfect lives and mental health, and be able to explain to us all why the people who might use this are worthless and should kill themselves if they can't talk to a live person over the phone.

I'm not really sure what's stupid about this. It probably does make it easier for people to troll the system but if it helps people then why not. I know people that probably would be more at ease texting

hardinparamedic:I can't wait for this to go green. It'll be nice to see FARK's armchair psychiatry brigade come in here with their perfect lives and mental health, and be able to explain to us all why the people who might use this are worthless and should kill themselves if they can't talk to a live person over the phone.

I was fully immersed in the spa at my club and three high school aged teens had their feet in the spa while they were busy txting. The trio were there, but not present. I guess some of the millenials might be more comfortable txting than speaking about their problems.

wildcardjack:I was fully immersed in the spa at my club and three high school aged teens had their feet in the spa while they were busy txting. The trio were there, but not present. I guess some of the millenials might be more comfortable txting than speaking about their problems.

I would like to believe they were texting each other in lieu of conversation.

hardinparamedic:I can't wait for this to go green. It'll be nice to see FARK's armchair psychiatry brigade come in here with their perfect lives and mental health, and be able to explain to us all why the people who might use this are worthless and should kill themselves if they can't talk to a live person over the phone.

If I sound cynical, eh, welcome to FARK I suppose.

Your cynicism is justified, but even though it would be better for someone to speak to a live person, I can see the benefits to texting for help, just like TFA points out.

Good. As someone who had a number of brushes with suicide in his life, I can say that the most difficult part of calling the suicide hotline is knowing you'll have to speak to someone on the phone, something people with many anxiety disorders have a lot of trouble doing. I think this is a fantastic idea.

Also, major props to suicide hotlines in general. They do amazing work, and literally save lives.

Wingless:Good. As someone who had a number of brushes with suicide in his life, I can say that the most difficult part of calling the suicide hotline is knowing you'll have to speak to someone on the phone, something people with many anxiety disorders have a lot of trouble doing.

But the most difficult part of actually going through with suicide is getting the cap off.

Wingless:Good. As someone who had a number of brushes with suicide in his life, I can say that the most difficult part of calling the suicide hotline is knowing you'll have to speak to someone on the phone, something people with many anxiety disorders have a lot of trouble doing. I think this is a fantastic idea.

Also, major props to suicide hotlines in general. They do amazing work, and literally save lives.

I volunteered for years on a crisis hotline and while I'm in favor of opening as many channels for help as possible, texting would make it much more difficult to assess a person's level of distress. On the phone you can hear changes in someone's voice and speech. Via text, nearly everyone sounds like a basket case.

All well and good until you realize you had to pester the person and got a text because it's their job and they wouldn't have acknowledged you otherwise. EVER. That's right, you're an even WORSE excuse for a human being. SRS.

Nogale:Wingless: Good. As someone who had a number of brushes with suicide in his life, I can say that the most difficult part of calling the suicide hotline is knowing you'll have to speak to someone on the phone, something people with many anxiety disorders have a lot of trouble doing. I think this is a fantastic idea.

Also, major props to suicide hotlines in general. They do amazing work, and literally save lives.

I volunteered for years on a crisis hotline and while I'm in favor of opening as many channels for help as possible, texting would make it much more difficult to assess a person's level of distress. On the phone you can hear changes in someone's voice and speech. Via text, nearly everyone sounds like a basket case.

You would never hear mine. I work better with machines than humans...just don't trust them at all. Never met one who did less harm than good.

you are a puppet:Wingless: Good. As someone who had a number of brushes with suicide in his life, I can say that the most difficult part of calling the suicide hotline is knowing you'll have to speak to someone on the phone, something people with many anxiety disorders have a lot of trouble doing.

But the most difficult part of actually going through with suicide is getting the cap off.

I always have trouble shooting and stabbing myself while locked in a duffel bag doing a half gainer off a bridge, but maybe that's just me

xria:hardinparamedic: I can't wait for this to go green. It'll be nice to see FARK's armchair psychiatry brigade come in here with their perfect lives and mental health, and be able to explain to us all why the people who might use this are worthless and should kill themselves if they can't talk to a live person over the phone.

If I sound cynical, eh, welcome to FARK I suppose.

You'd best start believing in troll sites, you're on one.jpg

I do this too, but this time you should have used the actual pic, because Geoffrey Rush makes everything better.

ox45tallboy:I like the idea. Some people just communicate better through the written word. Sometimes, people listen better, too.

Hilarious post is hilarious.

People, the vast majority of them, do not farking listen for shiat. You can tell them:"Do NOT put in (x) into the tray, put only (y) into the tray," a hundred times. Guess what's going in the tray unless you do it yourself?

They may be fooled, but this texting scheme with mean the suicide prevention volunteers/employees whatever can get back to more important things, playing "Angry Birds" while pretending to "listen" to you via texts.

Maybe the whole generation under me should kill themselves if this is how pathetic they are.

walktoanarcade:ox45tallboy: I like the idea. Some people just communicate better through the written word. Sometimes, people listen better, too.

Hilarious post is hilarious.

People, the vast majority of them, do not farking listen for shiat. You can tell them:"Do NOT put in (x) into the tray, put only (y) into the tray," a hundred times. Guess what's going in the tray unless you do it yourself?

They may be fooled, but this texting scheme with mean the suicide prevention volunteers/employees whatever can get back to more important things, playing "Angry Birds" while pretending to "listen" to you via texts.

Maybe the whole generation under me should kill themselves if this is how pathetic they are.

I don't know when I told my shrink he was a sociopath and I was lodging a complaint with the college, in writing he paid pretty close attention

walktoanarcade:ox45tallboy: I like the idea. Some people just communicate better through the written word. Sometimes, people listen better, too.

Hilarious post is hilarious.

People, the vast majority of them, do not farking listen for shiat. You can tell them:"Do NOT put in (x) into the tray, put only (y) into the tray," a hundred times. Guess what's going in the tray unless you do it yourself?

They may be fooled, but this texting scheme with mean the suicide prevention volunteers/employees whatever can get back to more important things, playing "Angry Birds" while pretending to "listen" to you via texts.

Maybe the whole generation under me should kill themselves if this is how pathetic they are.

You should search the thread where a snowflake tried to off himself over his love of My Little Ponies. Yes, My Little Ponies. It was a hilarious thread well worth a pan of Jiffy Pop.

Public Savant:robohobo: You should search the thread where a snowflake tried to off himself over his love of My Little Ponies. Yes, My Little Ponies. It was a hilarious thread well worth a pan of Jiffy Pop.

I think about offing* myself every day, but hey, there's nothing immediate going on so I can always do it tomorrow. And that's how I've made it through the last twenty years. Counseling gives external perspective to people who have no internal perspective, but it's only temporary.

/*for the juvenile among us, "whacking"//And yes, I appreciate the irony.

Carth:If someone thinks about it and decides they want to end their life why shouldn't they be allowed to? It is their life to do what they want with.

Most people who are suicidal don't want to die. They either feel compelled to do so, or feel that they have no other options left to them, but they don't WANT to die. That's why they seek out help, that's why they go to the emergency room, or call a suicide hotline, because they are standing at the edge of the proverbial cliff and are desperately looking for something to hold onto.